Display container



April 24. 1928. {367,376

E. W. FEHRENKAMP DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed July 8. 1926 24 Sheets-Sheet 1IINVENTOR E07. 14/. FEI EEIv/KHMP 1 ATTORN EY April 24, 1928. 1,667,378l E. w. FEHRENKAMP DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed Jhly s. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2TWS- Q INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 24, 1928 EMIL win unlt"rennnnxairanor KANSAS-CITY, mrssouiu, ASSIGNORTO BURD a v v FLETCHERCOMPANY, or

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This invention relates to improvements in f folding boxes, andhasparticular reference to a display container.

An object of the invention isfltopprovide a container which may beformed f Q iI a single sheet of material. and scored in such manner thatthe container may be folded into a flat condition when not in use andbereadily and quickly set up for the reception of articles to bedisplayed; 1

.Another object is to cut the blank from which the container is made ina novel manner so that the body thereof at one of its ends is providedwith depending supporting members which enable the container,=whensetup, to be placed upon a counter or other, support in an inclinedposition to enable a the contents thereof to be readily discernible toprospective urchasers.

A further 0 ject'is to provide the body of the container with bottomsections which form extensions of the sides of said body and which,together with said sides, are reinforced, when the container is in aset-up condition, by flaps also extending from said sides.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetail description, when taken in connection wlth the accompanyindrawings, which illustrate a preferred e111 odiment of the inventiveidea.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the container in itsset-up condition;

Figure 2 is a side elevaton thereof;

Figure 3 is a top plan view; e

Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line H of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 55 of Figure 3; a V vFigure 6 is a bottom plan view; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the container in a partiallyset-up position.

The container, which may be made of any desired material, is formed froma single sheet of such material toprovide a rectangu-' lar bodyincluding the sides 10 and ends 11. The material is scored along thebottom edges of'the sides 10 to define thewbottom sections 12 and 13which are foldable inwardly to constitute the bottom of the container,the section 12 being .cut to provide s1ots14; which receive the tongues15 formed on the section 13 so as to interlock said sections in theiroperative positions;

1926. Serial No. 121,073.

'lhe ends ll of j thebbody are also scored along their bottom edges toform the front and rear "end flaps 16and1'7, respectively,

.whi ch are first folded inwardly, as bestillus trated in Figure 5,before. interlockingthe bottom sec tions 12 and13 thereunderl The, fnaterial of "which the (container is formed is cutat the rear ends of thebottom sections 12 and 13 and at the flap 17 to'for'in the angularsupporting'members 18 which depend from the body of the container atthe, rear end thereof so that whenthe con: tamer 1S set-up for use saidmembers 1.8 Wlll I engage a supporting surface to maintain thecontainerin a forwardly inclined position'so as to readily display'thecontents thereof.

"Inorder to adequately reinforce the body and thereby lend rigiditythereto the sides 10 of the body'haveextendingfrom their 7 upper edgesthe side flaps 19 which are designed to be folded into the body, asclearly illustrated in Figure 4, with a portion 20 of g each flap foldedagainst the adjacent side 10 r of the body and extendingforsubstantially the entire depththereof. Intermediate thelongitudinaledges of each flap 19 the same is scored to define a secondportion 21 adapted to engage and lay upon the end flaps 16 and 17." TheWidth of eachportion" 21 of the side flaps is such that when saidportions are disposedwithin the body, as shown in Fig- I ure4, the freelongitudinal edges of said portions will abut each otherand thus permitsaid portions to be disposed in the samev plane with the portions 20 ofthe flaps held against the sides 10 of the body to thus reinforce thesame. ei The container is further provided with a top section 22extendin from the upper edge; of the rear end 11 0 the body and said'topsection is of such lengthrthat, if desired,

theefree extremity thereof may be bent to provide a tongue -23whichj maybe-inserted etween the front end 11 of the body and the adjacenttransverse edges of the portions 20 of the side flaps 19 to therebyclose the con-v taine'r. When the container is opened for displaypurposes thetop sectiony22 is bent transversely, as indicated at 24, sothat said sectionmay be folded upon itself and the free extremity 23"thereof inserted between the rear end 11 of the body and, the adjacenttransverse edges of the portions 20, as best shown in Figure 5.v 'Whenin this position ,thefolded top section will extend upwardly from thebody and any suitable advertising indicia may be printed thereon if"desired. The top section 22 adjacent its folding lineis also, cut, asindicated at 25,"toform a sub,

stantially semi-circular portion 26 which may be utilized as a pricemarker, as indicated in Figure 4:. i

What is claimed is: I

A foldable display container the material of which is scored to providea body including sides and ends, bottom sections extending from thelower edges of said sides and having cooperating means for interlockingthe same, bottom flaps extending from said ends and foldable inwardlyinto superimposed relation to said bottom sections'with one of saidflaps cut to provide supporting members depending from one end of thecontainer to support the body in an inclined potainer, and side flapsextending from the sides of said body and each having a por=tion-engageable with one of said sides and another portion engageablewith the bottom formed by said bottom flaps and sections to reinforcethe same, the combined Widthsof the latter portions of said side flapsbeing substantially equal to the distance between the sidesof said bodywith the-free longitudinal edges of said'latter portions in abuttingrelation to each other whereby said other portions will be disposed inthe same lane with each other and in engagement with said bottom flaps.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

EMIL \VILLI AM FEHRENKAMP.

